Opinion

Last week, students, faculty and staff sifted through confusing communiqué and endeavored to make informed decisions about whether it was safe to come to their place of work and study. Meanwhile, students organized to condemn the white supremacist march and...

Dear Editor, The undersigned were generally impressed with the coverage of our community’s reaction to the protestors who marched in Oxford on Feb. 23. We were personally proud of the men on the basketball team who knelt during the National...

On Feb. 23, Oxford and Ole Miss were the venue for a pro-Confederate rally, organized by Confederate 901, located in Memphis, and the Hiwaymen, who brought a handful of Civil War nostalgists to our great town. While the rally took...

Re: “Why do we cling to the Confederacy?” (Feb. 22) The writer of this article suggests that racism must be "torn away," giving a nod to all the protests and marches going on now. I am a lifelong resident of...

Much of the debate about Confederate monuments on campus has centered on whether these monuments are symbols of racial hatred or regional heritage, framing the anguish of the black community against the erasure of Southern culture. Many people have painstakingly...

Last Thursday, Amazon announced it was abandoning plans to build a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, citing opposition and hostility from local officials. The new headquarters was expected to bring up to 40,000 high-paying jobs to the area...

Storm clouds are looming over Oxford. While rain and thunderstorms are predicted from Tuesday until Sunday, there is a stronger and more concerning ideological storm heading toward our campus. University students, faculty and staff and Oxonians, I implore you to...

Re: “Let’s wait for this storm to pass” (Feb. 18) Have you ever wondered what you would have done during the great conflicts of history? Whether you would have gone to Harpers Ferry with John Brown or urged “law and...

On Jan. 28, the Board of Aldermen unanimously passed a city ordinance banning the use of bed sheets to make signs. The reason? Last football season, some questionable signs were hung around town to show disdain for other teams. Most...

Josh Baker asks an important question: “Who does removing the statue even help?” On Oct. 1, 2013, audience members jeered, mocked, and shouted homophobic slurs at actors during a campus performance of “The Laramie Project” — a play about the...